Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan - City of Surrey

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MANAGEMENT UNIT WILDLIFE/HABITAT GOALS 14. Sandy Spit Migratory open-habitat passerines (e.g. horned larks, snow buntings, Lapland longspurs, pipits, sparrows, finches) 15. Intertidal Bay 16. Coastal Beach 17. Wickson Property Intertidal benthos (marine invertebrates). Coastal beach vegetation and associated birds and invertebrates. • Park facilities • Nature Scape Garden HABITAT MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES • Maintain existing open nature of spit with herbaceous vegetation: • Establish islands of low-growing native shrubs and trees in pre-established locations to provide escape cover for sparrows and finches using the site; • Control invasive species (non native and all other unwanted woody species); • To avoid unnecessary disturbance to birds using estuary and spit, and in accordance with the master plan: • confine people to 2 trails: a major central trail and a minor south trail. The existing south trail should be moved 2 m above the high tide line and provide an optional route for people without dogs; • Establish destination feature and viewing area at new trail end; • Move existing north-facing benches to the central trail edge. • Establish islands of low-growing native shrubs and trees in pre-established locations; • Control invasive species (non native and all other unwanted woody species). • Remove existing parking lot and create tidal gradient so that highest (south) extent is flooded by the tide at least once per month in every lunar month; • Maintain existing spit access trail along south side. • Place a mixture of gravelly and sandy substrates (with high shell content) over entire area to enable duplication of natural open coastal beach vegetation; • Plant appropriate native plants (e.g. dunegrass (Elymus mollis), beach pea (Lathyrus japonicus)); • Maintain spit access trail along south side. • Consult with Nature Scape BC to design a native species demonstration garden. Any future facilities should be on the upland side of existing trail; gardens may be in both upland and beach-side areas. • Plant 2 or 3 spruce trees along the upland side of the existing trail (location dependent on facilities locations) to provide eventual eagle perches. 18. Parking Parking lot • Create more efficient parking. • Extend parking lot, if necessary after above, to replace number of parking spaces decommissioned in MUs 16 and 17. 19. Sailing/- Swim’g club Sailing/swimming club use • Plant low-growing native shrubs around unused perimeter areas. Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan – PART 1: Background and Summary 13
3.3.2 Management Unit Cost Summary The following costs are summarized from the individual management unit plans in Part 2. See the plans for more details. Summary of Initial Activities MU1 MU2 MU3 MU4 MU5 MU6 MU7 MU8 MU9 MU10 MU11 MU12 MU13 MU14 MU15 MU16 MU17 MU18 MU19 TOTAL Remove invasive plant species. incl. incl. volntrs incl. staff/vol. vol/staff incl. volntrs 0 Plant trees &/or shrubs (may include preparations) 3,900 3,523 9,296 1,050 3,825 6,159 16,980 75 1,204 46,012 Renovate all or some of the fields 2,500 4,700 7,200 Plant wildflower mix (may include preparations) 1,250 1,250 Plant aquatic plants 3,270 3,270 Plant dune vegetation species (may include preparations) 235 685 920 Trail management: close or create trails as required staff staff staff staff 1,000 staff/vol 1,000 Investigate the suitability of the pilings to support nesting structures for purple martins or cliff swallows. 0 0 Install nest boxes 200 100 300 Construct viewing platform 5,000 5,000 10,000 Conduct wildlife and/or user survey staff? 2,500 2,500 Introduce logs (Large Woody Debris) staff 0 0 • Discuss wildlife goals and habitat management objectives with tenants. • Take required steps, if required, to install facilities or enact procedures to meet second objective. 0 0 Construct fencing for access control 250 250 • Install signs • Move park benches 200 200 Create intertidal beach 28,400 *2,370 30,770 Work with Naturescape BC to create native plant wildlife garden 5,000 5,000 Construct parking areas 4,740 4,740 TOTAL 200 3,900 0 2,500 4,700 8,143 5,000 11,796 1,050 4,060 6,159 250 17,980 5,275 28,400 3,055 5,000 4,740 1,204 113,412 * If MU 16 were done in conjunction with MU 15, overall trucking costs would be reduced by $5,500. Blackie Spit Park: Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan – PART 1: Background and Summary 14
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